Ellsworth Bunker

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984) was U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam]] and chief of the United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam]], (April 28, 1967 — May 11, 1973). Presided over high-intensity warfare by U.S. combat forces working with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam]], and then the Vietnamization]] program. While he served in Vietnam, his wife, Carol Laise]], was U.S. Ambassador to Nepal]]. Bunker began his diplomatic career as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina ]]in 1951 and subsequently served U.S. Ambassador to Italy|Italy]] from 1952 to 1953 and U.S. Ambassador to India|India]] from 1956 to 1961. He was mediator of the Dutch-Indonesian dispute over West New Guinea in 1962. Returning to Latin America, he was U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States]], 1964-1966, and then Ambassador-at-Large, 1964-1967. After Vietnam, he was a negotiator of the Panama Canal treaty of 1977, by which the United States agreed to give Panama control of the canal by the year 2000. References